I just saw Harbor Freight has some new aluminum Daytona jack stands. They're quite similar to Torin Big Red jack stands but for $10+ more. I wonder if that means they'll soon be releasing new steel jack stands too?
New Harbor Freight jack stands
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mike93lx
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Harbor freight is one place I would never trust my life to
Yeah man… I think HF is fine for some things…. But jack stands? Yikes.
2ndGearRubber
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^ They function. Not much different than cheap stands from anywhere else.
Farmall450
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You'd think they'd learn from the recalls less than a year ago.
American Locomotive
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After they recalled the replacements for their recalled jacks - I think I'm going to pass on HF for jackstands as well.
mike93lx
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Sounds like the moral of that story is don't use cheap jack stands...
I'm sure these are fine. When it comes to sheet metal origami and welds is when I avoid HF, and pretty much all cheaper brands including hein werners. But if I wanted some I'd look them over in store and check out the visual quality level.
Indexmill
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yea, they will prolly launch a recall before one kills you.
orangeblood
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they look exactly like the torin big red jack stands that have been sold for years. i have a set that i use when i am doing an inspection on my level concrete garage floor. they arent for serious work under the car.
Amazon.com: BIG RED T43004 Torin Aluminum Jack Stands with Locking Support Pins: 3 Ton (6,000 lb) Capacity, Red/Silver, 1 Pair: Automotive
Amazon.com: BIG RED T43004 Torin Aluminum Jack Stands with Locking Support Pins: 3 Ton (6,000 lb) Capacity, Red/Silver, 1 Pair: Automotive
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dadsEH
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Well
They beat concrete blocks.
They beat concrete blocks.
demarpaint
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After their jack stand recall to a recall I traded mine in for cash and paid up for US Jack 6 ton jack stands. I have no regrets. I have little faith in any jack stands coming from HF. Their jacks OTOH are good.
Farmall450
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Some of them certainly are.
demarpaint
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Yes. I bought their 4 ton jack and I'm very happy with it.
Old Man Roger
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It might all be in my head, but I feel like the higher you went with those the “tippy-er“they would be. And I don’t know that I would wanna use them on anything other than a nice smooth concrete floor. Some thing with three or four legs seems sturdier to my Caveman brain LOL
jayemm
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No way in hell would I trust my life to those. Stability is paramount. There's a reason wide base stands like 6 ton rated are popular and it's because they are stable, not that the vehicle is necessarily that heavy. That style shown is easy to tip over with any side loading. Also wouldn't trust conventional style jack stands made from aluminum either because aluminum fractures quickly when it fails whereas steel and the ductile iron (ratcheting center column) bend before failure.
Flared Base
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They look closer to these ones. The Torin/Big Red ones have curved stiffeners on the base. The Harbor Freight ones have straight stiffeners.
Amazon.com: Jackco 3 Ton Capacity Aluminum Jack Stands (1 Pair): Automotive
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Most of the imported jack stands at this price point have similar construction, origin and QC as the HF. I think HF deserves some credit for issuing the recall to prevent injury or death. I got store credit for every HF jack stand even those not on the list. Hopefully better safety standards will be forth coming for all jack stands.
cherrybomb
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Recalls at HF,Here we go again!
American Locomotive
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HF deserves credit for doing something they're legally required to do by the CSPC and NHTSA? Those two organizations would blow HF into low-orbit if they did NOT issue that recall.
BarryWells
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Why not? If you have this mentality, are you going to fly in a boeing airplane?
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But but but....
dnschmidt
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I'm personal friends with the people that own Jackco Transnational. They sell no junk. If Raymond Ng sells it it's a quality product. I don't know the owner of Harbor Freight so I can't vouch for him.
My wife works in the Defense industry, she can't tell me what she does, but she has said she did a lot of work with Boeing... and she will NOT get on a Boeing aircraft.
She says they are more concerned with paperwork than the product
as for me? Piper, Cessna ( A Textron company !!!) or Airbus... I have time in the first two, I'd give my left nut to get so much of an hour of logable sim time in A319/320/321
vssjim
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don't like the idea of round jack stands at all the four foot ones are way more stable but the only stands I have are Walkers and Lincolns
mike93lx
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I'd much rather use three leg stands, with pads. Always stable, no sinking.
Might be why I own esco stands
vssjim
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I'll stick with four legs
Mechanical Noise
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I'm not comfortable with the small area of the base on those aluminum jack stands.
I'd rather use my 6 ton HF jack stands. Seriously. My stands weren't part of the recall, the welds are good and the teeth on the bar are solid. Probably no different than thousands of other jack stands in regular use.
I'd rather use my 6 ton HF jack stands. Seriously. My stands weren't part of the recall, the welds are good and the teeth on the bar are solid. Probably no different than thousands of other jack stands in regular use.
IndyGarage
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That's exactly why I would buy them. Companies are most careful after they have suffered a disaster.
The irony is that the recall was precautionary, not based on any actual failures. I still use mine, that were not part of the recall.
It is interesting how media hoopla and general internet paranoia entertainment , was able to lead an entire society of people around by the nose.
The age of enlightenment was supposed to encourage free thinking, but apparently is coming to an end.
mike93lx
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So people need to be hurt or killed for it to be taken seriously?
American Locomotive
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There were 11 reported incidents of the jacks collapsing.
